Friday, July 20, 2012

My, that went by fast. I've been on holidays for the past 2 weeks and can hardly believe it's almost over. The first week was blissfully spent by the ocean, at my parents in New-Brunswick. Sorry, no photos this time. We were too busy doing nothing (aka reading, knitting, swimming, beach-combing, eating, domino ass-kicking).

This second week, I tried to catch up on non-work life, and managed to cross off barely 10% of my to-do list. Oh well. One thing on my list was to take photos of some past FO's that I had yet to document. Which is why I am wearing a wool sweater in the height of summer. What I won't do for you guys...

Meet "Vitamin P", my take on Heidi Kirrmaier's beautiful Vitamin D pattern. I knit it in Madeline Tosh Light, in the Briar colourway, which may not have been the best choice for this ode to short rows (a brilliantly written pattern by the way). I find that the construction of this garment really accentuates the stripey effect of the semi-solid yarn (love striped, not so sure about stripey). I've always had a complicated relationship with variegated yarns.

And it kind of takes me way out of my neutral comfort zone. (To get a taste of my neutral obsession, take a look at my homage to bland).

Also, I'm not convinced this is the best silhouette for me. But I think it looks good with charcoal, which constitutes 98% of my wardrobe, so it's all good.

Speaking of charcoal, the dress I'm wearing is one that I picked up at a charity shop yesterday for practically nothing and I lovelovelove it! The fabric falls so beautifully, it's the perfect length for me, and best of all, it has pockets.

So I've got another 48 hours of freedom before I return to my cubicle (boohiss), and I plan on spending them wisely with:

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Love everything about this post-Vit P is beautiful, LOVE your dress find (what length is it?)and inspired by your 'homage'! Totally agree with the obsession with neutral/natural colours. I find it very difficult to branch out myself, but purple is a colour that looks good on everyone. You look so tanned, you'd think you'd been in the Bahamas ;-)instead of New Brunswick. The sun is just refusing to come out in Europe this year so wool wearing here not a problem I'm afraid. Good for knitting though!

You must have played dominos and ''kicked ass''at some other place than our house in New Brunswick.

Just to keep the record straight, if I remember well, your father (me) won 5 games out of 9, his daughter Nicole (you) won 2 games out of 9 and both his wife Rosella (your Mom) and his son in law Mark (your husband) both won one game out of nine.

So, who would you say was ''kicking ass'' and exactky who's ass was being kicked? Ha!!!

first, ahaha at your daddy's comment above, sorry but I had to laugh aloud ! LOL

then ... oh lady, sorry your vacation is already over, but I'm glady ou had such a great time with your family & even got to see our beloved M before you left.This sweater is lovely. I like it best when it's closed. So glady ou found a dress that looks so good on you, feels good when worn & for almost nothing.

Haha, papa, if you carefully re-read my post, you will notice that I wrote "we were too busy.... ass-kicking". "We" doesn't specify who did the ass-kicking, and who's ass was kicked. Every round was an opportunity for a new kicker/kickee. I don't deny that you had the lion's share of victories. But who's counting when you're having fun??

It's always good to step out of your comfort zone! I have issues with variegated yarns too, mainly because I want to know where exactly my colors are going to end up. But a subtle variegation like this one is quite nice. If it's bugging you too much you can always overdye it. You would love making AlabamaChanin garments, it's all about the texture and fit and you could have an entire charcoal wardrobe!